2009/12/20 23:08:18
overclocker333
johnksss

damn...where would my vga power supply go...*snickering*

 
Are you using the Thermaljunk... I mean Thermaltake vga psu too?
2009/12/20 23:10:59
johnksss
but of course!. and mine is not junk it holds all of this 530 watts of power this one card is kicking out...lol
2009/12/20 23:16:55
voklskier4452
overclocker333

johnksss

damn...where would my vga power supply go...*snickering*

 
Are you using the Thermaljunk... I mean Thermaltake vga psu too?


friends don't let friends use thermaltake
2009/12/20 23:31:00
overclocker333
johnksss

but of course!. and mine is not junk it holds all of this 530 watts of power this one card is kicking out...lol


I think you might be right at it's limits... I have gone thru two of them and am now on my third... Thank you Micro Center... lol!
 
Of course... I'm not using them as intended! 
 
The first... I purposely overloaded to see what it would do... one just shut down (the thermal protection worked) the other failed with an acrid smell... that was the first. 
 
The second should not have failed as I was watching how much amperage I was putting on it... but both rails failed.  It is rated at 650 watts and 25 amps continuous on each rail... I don't think it even comes close to that.  How many amps is 650 watts... lets see what is that ohms law I think that would be 650 watts divided by 12 volts = 54.16666666666 watts???  I know it will hold 18 amps per rail all day.  25 amps... I don't think so... at least mine didn't at only 21 amps on each rail.
2009/12/20 23:36:43
overclocker333
One thing that I just noticed looking at my Corsair HX 850 (nice little 70 amp single rail) psu... it fits into 2-5.25" bays just like the Theramltake!  When I got the PC Power & Cooling 1200 Friday... I stuck it in there too!  Any ATX psu will fit... so with a slight mod of the power switch and plug to the other side and your good to go!  Two 1200 watt PSU's... now we are talking!!!  200 amps of 12 volts to feed my power hungry tec water chillers!
2009/12/20 23:41:00
Phoenixx45
overclocker333

One thing that I just noticed looking at my Corsair HX 850 (nice little 70 amp single rail) psu... it fits into 2-5.25" bays just like the Theramltake!  When I got the PC Power & Cooling 1200 Friday... I stuck it in there too!  Any ATX psu will fit... so with a slight mod of the power switch and plug to the other side and your good to go!  Two 1200 watt PSU's... now we are talking!!!  200 amps of 12 volts to feed my power hungry tec water chillers!


Dang... what case do you have / use?
2009/12/20 23:45:12
johnksss
corsair was a piece of junk for me..stupid thing kept shutting off 1000 watt one wasn't enough to power one card and the cpu at full over clock.
2009/12/20 23:46:56
overclocker333
Phoenixx45

overclocker333

One thing that I just noticed looking at my Corsair HX 850 (nice little 70 amp single rail) psu... it fits into 2-5.25" bays just like the Theramltake!  When I got the PC Power & Cooling 1200 Friday... I stuck it in there too!  Any ATX psu will fit... so with a slight mod of the power switch and plug to the other side and your good to go!  Two 1200 watt PSU's... now we are talking!!!  200 amps of 12 volts to feed my power hungry tec water chillers!


Dang... what case do you have / use? 
 


 
 
It will work on any case I think... but this was on a Cooler Master HAF 932.

2009/12/20 23:50:12
overclocker333
johnksss

corsair was a piece of junk for me..stupid thing kept shutting off 1000 watt one wasn't enough to power one card and the cpu at full over clock.

 
I sold my Corsair HX-1000... 40amp dual rails... like Nate says... two accounts... you end up wasting power trying to balance the loads.  The HX-850 is a single rail.... single rail rules!!!
2009/12/20 23:53:33
overclocker333
Does anyone put dummy loads on the 3 volt and 5 volt rails when using a second PSU... I have heard that you need to? 

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